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January 6, 2022

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #180 Highlights from 2021

“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr. 2021 was such a challenging year for so many; hopefully everyone one got through it ok and became a wiser and stronger person. I would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy Year in 2022. Tina suggested we show our favorite pictures from 2021. When looking through my pictures I was surprised as to how many I found. The opening picture shows a pair of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) which were featured in an April post, entitled Taking Flight. The next two images are from a…

written by Sylvia - Posted in Highlights from 2021, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography

December 16, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #178 Holiday Lights

“We didn’t realize we were making memories; we just knew we were having fun.” – unknown I always enjoy the sights and sounds surrounding the Christmas holidays and especially the time spent with family and friends. Christmas music everywhere, Christmas cards, buying gifts, wrapping presents, decorating the house, the smell of the tree and other evergreens throughout the house, all leading up to the big day. Since Tina is giving us our choice of topics this week, I decided to share a few pictures of holiday decorations. (Each of these images can be enlarged by double clicking it.) For years, during the Christmas holiday my husband and I would spend…

written by Sylvia - Posted in Christmas Holiday Lights, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography

December 4, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #176 One Image/One Story

“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.” – Cecil B. DeMille The challenge this week is to show pictures which tell a story. Ann-Christine asked, “What is a photo story? Some photos are staged, or taken just for their story, and some stories come up first when you see your photo on the screen. A lot of photographic storytelling involves capturing shots of interesting scenes and phenomena that cannot easily be explained through words…. There are so many stories to capture…and to tell.” It is normal to see fish constantly swimming in an aquarium and hopefully the banner image tells their story since most fish have…

written by Sylvia - Posted in LENS-ARTISTS, Photography, Travel

November 20, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #174: Shapes and Designs

Images featuring shapes and designs, they are all around us, easy to see once you become aware of them. They can be found in nature, your home, garden, architecture, fabrics, paintings, just about everywhere. This week Patti invites us to share a few we have noticed. A dead tree, dried out by the elements, has been shaped into an interesting design. It’s base looks like a circle with small branches curving overhead and off to the side. Beautiful star shaped clematis flower growing along the fence in our yard. Once the flower petals die, this lovely circular seed pod appears and remains for quite some time. Other examples of shapes…

written by Sylvia - Posted in LENS-ARTISTS, Ocean, Photography

November 13, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #173: Interesting Architecture

“As an architect you design for the present with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” – Norman Foster Interesting, beautiful architecture can be seen most anywhere people live, especially in cities and towns. It is visual art that is hard to ignore. I always enjoy photographing interesting looking buildings. I selected a few favorites pictures from within the United States – Maine, Boston and Chicago. This Gothic-inspired architectural house has won the distinction as the most photographed house in Maine. It is known as the Wedding Cake House since George W. Bourne (a prominent 19th-century shipbuilder) built it for his new bride in 1825. …

written by Sylvia - Posted in Architecture, Boston Massachusetts, Chicago, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography, Travel

October 6, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #168: Seen Better Days

This week our focus is on sharing images of things that have seen better days. Even though worn out and aging, these subjects still have a lot of character and stories to tell. This once prosperous looking building was probably a family home, desirably located on the main street of town within walking distance to shops and activities. Even though run down and dilapidated after all the years, it is still stately looking and has character. Am guessing there are many interesting stories associated with it – along with a few secrets. Image how great this broken-down model T Ford and tow truck looked back in the ’30. And, how…

written by Sylvia - Posted in LENS-ARTISTS, Old and Worn Out, Photography

October 2, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #166: Colors of Autumn

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” – Lauren Destefano Autumn comes early in Maine. You can tell it has arrived when a sweater or light jacket is needed in the mornings, leaves begin to turn into lovely yellows, reds and oranges, colorful chrysanthemums are visible everywhere and small groups of Canadian Geese stop over in local ponds for a day or two as they head south. “How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burrows. A look…

written by Sylvia - Posted in Autumn Colors, Landscape, LENS-ARTISTS, Maine, Photography

September 11, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #164: Looking Up/Down

“When I’m in Boston, I always feel like I’m home. I almost cry, I feel so good.” – Luis Tiant This week’s guest host, Sofia Alves, suggests we be conscience of photo opportunities around us which are either down, below our feet, or higher up, above our heads. Recently we spent two days in Boston. What a great photo opportunity for this week! The header shot shows a row of colorful umbrellas hanging above the sidewalk on Hanover Street in Boston’s historic North End. (Notice the emojis dangling from the purple umbrella!) We started our trip to the city on this Downeaster Amtrak train Wednesday morning. Once arriving at the…

written by Sylvia - Posted in Boston Massachusetts, Landscape, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography, Travel

September 3, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #163: Keep Walking

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” – Albert Camus This week Amy is asking us to share pictures of people walking. What better place to see than in Charleston, South Carolina. Due to it’s size, it is an easy city to walk, and one of the most visited cities in the United States. Much has been written about Charleston Historic District which showcases magnificent historic homes, churches, and other buildings. (A post for another day.) These pictures show part of the retail and business area in Charleston. They were taken…

written by Sylvia - Posted in Charleston SC, LENS-ARTISTS, Photography

August 21, 2021

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: #161 Feet and Shoes

Ann-Christine suggests we focus on shoes and feet this week. A favorite pictures is of our cocker spaniel showing his feet beside my husbands shoes. As a baby, he loved to cuddle up with these shoes. These pictures, taken in India, show how large elephant feet are compared to ours. And, how small the monkey feet are. Below are favorite, everyday shoes our two children wore from the age of three to twenty – sunday shoes at easter time and “big boy shoes” for clowning around! They started playing soccer at an early age and continued on throughout high school. Their shoes continued to get larger as they move up to varsity…

written by Sylvia - Posted in LENS-ARTISTS, Photography, Shoes

Several years ago, a talented group of four ladies started a blog log called Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. Each week one of them selects a topic and the challenge for all LA blog followers is to post their pictures and text relative to the topic. By the way, anyone is welcome to join this international group of photographers.

Participating in this continues to be quite rewarding. It has trained my eye to be more aware of people and things to photograph in addition to making new blogging friends all over the world.

Photography has always been a big part of my life and traveling offers many wonderful photo opportunities. I live on Kiawah Island in South Carolina and spend summers in southern Maine. Hope you like seeing my posts as much as I enjoy creating it!

“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” ∼ Ansel Adams